Cooking my way around the world

June 23, 2014

Chad

Unusual Fact: Chad is divided into twenty-two regions that are headed by a presidentially appointed governor. The regions are further divided into sixty-one departments, which are subdivided into two-hundred sub-prefectures; these are composed of 446 cantons.

Remember on the last country we did, the Central African Republic, I mentioned that one type of Kanda (which we made) didn’t contain okra and one did. Well this week we have made a version of Kanda that contains okra. However many substitution websites have said that you can substitute green beans for the okra.

This stew have a lovely flavour from the tomato, paprika and capsicum. It has a lovely homely feel to it. If you cook the meat for a few hours it will turn into that melt in you mouth texture that I know you will love. I can certainly see Chadian families sitting around a pot eating this stew.

Unfortunately while cooking this we had no onions that I could add to the stew. I think this would have been a nice addition but it wasn’t bad without it. Altogether a nice stew on a cold night. This recipe is from Global Table Adventure.